Interview with CEO of babys.com.br March 3rd

We had the interesting experience of interviewing David Smith the CEO and founder of the babys.com.br company.  I first heard about David Smith when I randomly walked in on a lecture he was giving at the David Kennedy Center at BYU Provo.   At the time he was speaking about his entrepreneurial experience and what led him to where he was today.  I thought it was absolutely fascinating the steps he took and how he was inspired to be an entrepreneur.  What really caught my attention at the time was the fact that he had done the very same internship that I was bound to do with the employment service.  And so once I discovered that he was living in São Paulo where we would be interning, I reached out to him through my contacts in the Kennedy Center and fortunately he agreed to meet with us for breakfast on Wednesday.  Rather than an interview it was more of an regular conversation about what led him to where he is today.  A piece of advice he gave us was to invest our time in internships like we were already doing.  While school is a great way to learn often times we only find out exactly what we want to do and what we don't like through hands on experience that only internships can provide.  David also confirmed to us what my earlier interviews was showing about problems with entrepreneurship in Brazil.  He indicated that government bureaucracy was a nightmare for small and big businesses in Brazil.  However, he continued stating that such difficulties actually left often opportunities for people to pursue because many individuals were scared off by such barriers.  Those willing to take the risk (like him) were benefited in many ways.  After a good talk we parted ways, fresh with ideas of entrepreneurship stuck in my head!